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Season of intimidation: Attacks on Ghana press escalate ahead of 2024 polls
Edward Adeti has been on the run since 2019. That year, the young Ghanaian investigative journalist uncovered how a Chinese…
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Remembering Issa al-Souri, a little boy killed when Israel bombed a church
No child likes the sounds of bombing and missiles, their ears cannot bear them. Issa Tariq al-Souri, 13, was the…
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IMF unlocks $4.7bn for Argentina amid economic crisis, Milei austerity cuts
Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finalised an agreement to release $4.7bn as part of a debt restructuring plan for…
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At least 15 dead in Papua New Guinea rioting and looting
At least 15 people have been killed in Papua New Guinea, as Prime Minister James Marape appealed for calm after…
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How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental health crisis
In Zimbabwe, a country of 15 million people, there are fewer than 20 psychiatrists. And mental health issues are rife,…
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Taiwan’s Gen Z voters want something new in Saturday’s election
On ‘Super Sunday’ as Taiwan’s three leading political parties converged on the southern city of Kaohsiung, 28-year-old Vivian and her…
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Taiwan hits back at China for ‘repeated interference’ in upcoming elections
Taiwan has condemned China for what it called intimidation of its citizenry and attempts to influence the island’s elections on…
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Who is Israeli MP Ofer Cassif, why is he backing South Africa at the ICJ?
A firebrand Israeli parliamentarian provoked a political and social media storm earlier this week when he signed a petition supporting…
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Israel’s war on Gaza and the ‘obligation to prevent genocide’
It was just days into Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip when a grave warning rang out. United Nations experts had sounded…
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South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel over Gaza war
The International Court of Justice is hearing arguments that Israel is committing genocide in its war on Gaza. South Africa filed the lawsuit…
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